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Wiggley Hill

Occurrence in Garvin county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021954
MRDS ID DE01745
Record type Site
Current site name Wiggley Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.24809, 34.80817 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 0.75 MI E. OF PAOLI, THEN 1.25 MI S., TO OUTCROP ON W. SIDE OF ROAD. WIGGLEY HILL EXTENDS E-W ACROSS ROAD INTO SEC. 19-4N-1E.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garvin(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byars SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pauls Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ardmore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Washita(hydrologic unit)

Washita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Garvin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 004N}004N}004N 001W}001E}001E 24}20}19 SE OF SE OF NE OF NE (24); SW OF SW (20); SW OF SW OF NW OF NW (19) Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • A MR. WIGGLEY OWNED THE PROPERTY, AND THE HILL IS TERMED WIGGLEY HILL. THE COPPER MINERALS ARE IN THE BASAL GARBER SANDSTONE AND IN THE WELLINGTON SHALE BELOW, MOSTLY ON THE W. SIDE OF THE ROAD IN SEC. 24. FROM 1967-1972, WOLF RIDGE-TETON CO. DRILLED MANY SHALLOW EXPLORATORY WELLS IN SECS. 7-8, 17-20,-4N-1E AND ADJACENT AREAS, HAVING LEASED 6 SQUARE MILES OR MORE. A.C. SHEAD (1929, P. 27-28, 83-85) ANALYZED 23 SAMPLES FROM THE PAOLI AREA, COLLECTED BY C.W. HONESS. THIS WAS THE TEEPEE QUEEN COPPER CO. LEASE, COVERING 6 SQUARE MILES OR MORE. LOBELL (1986) FIRST DESCRIBED BROCHANTITE AND OTHER MINERALS FROM THIS LOCALITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOC. 225 IS OLD SPRING S. OF SHAFT NEAR WIGGLEY HILL (P. 27-28). LOC. 224 IS GREEN SANDSTONE AND MALACHITE, SW-SW-SEC. 20 IN WELLINGTON (P. 27). LOCS. 222-223 ARE SW-NW-19-4N-1E IN SANDSTONE IN WIGGLEY HILL (GIVEN AS SW-SW-19, PROBABLY INCORRECT).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.1% CU, LOC. 225, WIGGLY HILL
Result 0.05-0.81% CU, LOCS. 222-223, SEC. 19
Result 0.54% CU, LOC. 224, SEC. 20. ALL FROM SHEAD (1929).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Garber Sandstone;Wellington Formation
    Rock description Garber Sandstone;Wellington Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Garber Sandstone, Basal 5 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 10 Ft Or More
    Rock description Garber Sandstone, Basal 5 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 10 Ft Or More

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.24809, 34.80817
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 Degrees W.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL
    Thickness 3.96M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratabound

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAD (1929, P. 27-28) MENTIONS THAT MOST OF THESE OCCURRENCES IN T. 4 N., R. 1 E. ARE IN SANDSTONES, UNDER LEASE OF TEEPEE QUEEN COPPER CO. LOBELL (1986) MENTIONS THAT MOST OF THE MINERALS ARE IN THE GARBER SANDSTONE. GEOLOGY BY HART (1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929

Mining district

District name Paoli

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Teepee Queen Copper Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROPS

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROPS IN SEC. 24-4N-1W, AND SECS. 19-20-4N-1E IN GARBER SANDSTONE (LOWER 35 FT) AND WELLINGTON FORMATION (UPPER 50 FT).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEAD, A.C., 1929, OGS BULLETIN 14, 138 P. (P. 27-28, 84).

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 4-5).

  • Deposit

    LOBELL, JOSEPH, 1986, MINERALOGICAL RECORD, V. 17, P. 371-374.

  • Deposit

    SHOCKEY, T.F., RENFRO, A.R., AND PETERSON, B.J., 1974, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, NO. 2, P. 266-268.

  • Deposit

    HART, D.L., JR., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 3.

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., AND DOTT, ROBERT, JUNE 19, 1940, OGS SHEET 341, GARVIN CO., OKLAHOMA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BASAL GARBER IS LENTICULAR SANDSTONE AND SHALE, ABOUT 13 FT THICK, WITH MALACHITE, CHALCOCITE, BARITE, AND SOME HEMATITE AND PYRITE.
Deposit WIGGLEY HILL EXTENDS FROM SEC. 24-4N-1W THROUGH SEC. 19-4N-1E. AN ADDITIONAL LOCALITY IS GIVEN IN SEC. 20, SE OF WIGGLEY HILL 0.5-1.0 MI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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